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14. I read an article some time after the crash of 2008 that said,

Fri Apr 10, 2020, 01:02 PM

Apr 2020

Americans are trinket rich but equity poor. We have credit to buy new electronics, furniture, and cars, but no equity in our houses or savings accounts.

They busted the labor unions and replaced good wages with easy credit and now we're a nation of debt slaves. They also turned everything into a for-profit endeavor, education, health care. Too many Americans fell for the "government should be run like a business" bullshit, and too many Americans don't seem to get the contradiction of voting for candidates who openly disdain government. WTF?

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Economic devastation looms on a Good Friday like no other [View all] Omaha Steve Apr 2020 OP

Hard to believe all of Europe is only spending 550 billion jimfields33 Apr 2020 #1

Are you counting the Fed and Central banks? gab13by13 Apr 2020 #3

Don't overlook things that are backgrounded. Igel Apr 2020 #8

inflation enid602 Apr 2020 #9

if business is restarted, we are going to suffer . AllaN01Bear Apr 2020 #2

its a GOOD Friday only for the bailed out wall street banksters & the tRumpster elite. nt yaesu Apr 2020 #4

For some reason I think the Good Friday 2000 years ago was like no other. George II Apr 2020 #5

Good one Lulu KC Apr 2020 #10

What a weird peg for an economic story. WhiskeyGrinder Apr 2020 #6

People ignored risk bucolic_frolic Apr 2020 #7

You Forgot Big Businesses ProfessorGAC Apr 2020 #11

Yes, true all that bucolic_frolic Apr 2020 #12

I Recall The Same ProfessorGAC Apr 2020 #13

I read an article some time after the crash of 2008 that said, CrispyQ Apr 2020 #14

All true bucolic_frolic Apr 2020 #16

News outlets have to get out their doomsday stories while they can. Steelrolled Apr 2020 #15